2014年英语四级考试模拟试题及答案(第一套)_第9页

　　Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea.When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard. Finally, when the　passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.

　　Almost every child, on the first day he sets foot in a school building, is smarter,

　　more (26) curious, less afraid of what he doesn’t know, better at finding and

　　(27) figuring things out, more confident, resourceful (机敏的), persistent and

　　(28) independent than he will ever be again in his schooling – or, unless he is very

　　unusual and very lucky, for the rest of his life. Already, by paying close attention to

　　and (29) interacting with the world and people around him, and without any

　　school-type formal instruction, he has done a task far more difficult, complicated and

　　(30) abstract than anything he will be asked to do in school, or than any of his

　　teachers has done for years. He has solved the (31) mystery of language. He has

　　discovered it – babies don’t even know that language exists – and he has found out

　　how it works and learned to use it (32) appropriately. He has done it by exploring, by

　　experimenting, by developing his own model of the grammar of language, by

　　(33) trying it out and seeing whether it works, by gradually changing it and

　　(34) refining it until it does work. And while he has been doing this, he has been

　　learning other things as well, including many of the (35) “concepts” that the schools

　　think only they can teach him, and many that are more complicated than the ones they

　　do try to teach him.

　　参考答案

　　Part II Listening Comprehension

　　Section A

　　1. D 2. C 3. D 4. C 5. B

　　6. C 7. A 8. D 9. B 10. C

　　11. A 12. B 13. C 14. A 15. A

　　Section B

　　16. D 17. B 18. C 19. A 20. B

　　21. C 22. A 23. B 24. D 25. B

　　Section C

　　26. curious 27. figuring things out

　　28. independent 29. interacting with

　　30. abstract 31. mystery

　　32. appropriately 33. trying it out

　　34. refining 35. concepts

　　Part III Reading Comprehension

　　Section A

　　36. E 37. C 38. O 39. H 40. M

　　41. N 42. J 43. K 44. I 45. F

　　Section B

　　46. D 47. C 48. I 49. E 50. C

　　51. H 52. G 53. F 54. A 55. I

　　Section C

　　56. A 57. D 58. C 59. D 60. B

　　61. D 62. B 63. C 64. A 65. B

　　Part IV Translation

　　Paper cutting is one of China’s most popular traditional folk arts. Chinese paper cutting has a history of more than 1,500 years. It was widespread particularly during

　　the Ming and Qing Dynasties. People often beautify their homes with paper cuttings.During the Spring Festival and wedding celebrations, in particular, paper cuttings are

　　used to decorate doors, windows and rooms in order to enhance the joyous atmosphere. The color most frequently used in paper cutting is red, which symbolizes health  and prosperity. Chinese paper cutting is very popular around the world and it isoften given as a present to foreign friends.